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krush · **Posted:** Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:38 pm

MysteryByte Computers has started its own Folding@Home team.

You can download the client here:

http://folding.stanford.edu/download.html

Team MysteryByte is number 50176

Team MysteryByte Homepage

http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/mai ... mnum=50176

Dr_BenD_over · **Posted:** Thu Jun 14, 2007 6:11 pm

Kick... Kick... Kick...

threw my E6300 @ 2450 on for MB

1820 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:56 am

currently sitting at around 35 WU's for Team MB. not bad for about a weeks work I guess

David · **Posted:** Sat Jul 14, 2007 11:02 pm

Note to anyone feeling like an impulsive purchase: The PS3 is a folding MONSTER. I started folding with mine on Tuesday, and it's cruising along. My PPD is up over 1100 now I believe! I kind of want another PS3... Point being; if anyone wants a folding rig, rather than spend a few hundred dollars on a PC, just get a PS3. I think FS has a sale on right now too.

skiman · **Joined:** Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:45 pm **Posts:** 438

I added 123 WU to team mysterbyte for the month of Aug.

skiman · **Joined:** Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:45 pm **Posts:** 438

I finally broke into the 100k+ club, all for MysteryByte.

Clarke · **Posted:** Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:34 pm

can i join??? and how does this work?

Denty · **Posted:** Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:55 pm

this is till going on? i havnt done that since frig maybe 2003 or 2004

ronedogg · **Joined:** Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:23 am **Posts:** 887

yeah i dont think this is still goin on. i rember gettin in on team mb liek back in 04 or 05

skiman · **Joined:** Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:45 pm **Posts:** 438

Denty wrote:

this is till going on? i havnt done that since frig maybe 2003 or 2004

I've been folding, close to 1000 wu now.

Fx · **Joined:** Mon May 14, 2007 12:53 pm **Posts:** 90

Figured that I would put my spare CPU cycles to good use and start this up again. Let's see how far my small group of crunchers can take me.

My Folding Farm:

System 1:(Running GPU Client)
1 Core i7 920 @ stock.
6gigs DDR3
HD4870 @ Stock

System 2:
2.2ghz Macbook Pro
4 gigs DDR2
8600GT 128 mb

System 3:
PS3

System 4:
Lenovo Ideapad S10 Netbook
Atom 1.6ghz
1 gig DDR2

System 5:
Dell mini 9 Netbook
Atom 1.6ghz
1 gig DDR2

I was wondering...with the core i7 system, should I be running the GPU client or the SMP client? I'm guessing the GPU client would produce more per day than the SMP. Can you run both at the same time?

CMDR Steve-O · **Posted:** Sun May 24, 2009 8:28 pm

Hope you can afford the power bill haha.

Fx · **Joined:** Mon May 14, 2007 12:53 pm **Posts:** 90

Yea, I will see how much it will cost me. Anyone have an idea on the cost of running similar systems doing this?

Topsecret66 · **Joined:** Wed Jun 18, 2008 3:09 pm **Posts:** 1366

I agree with steve-o here.

It will significantly raise your annual bill

CMDR Steve-O · **Posted:** Mon May 25, 2009 6:47 am

Fx wrote:

Yea, I will see how much it will cost me. Anyone have an idea on the cost of running similar systems doing this?

I've seen numbers that say 300$ for an OC'd i7 per year (that's 24/7). We're talking over 272W for an i7 system (example in pic) which is 281$ or so a year based on current nspower rates. That's running prime 95 and not a GPU folding client, which would probably add 50% to that number. (PS3 is 200W by itself, but apparently is awesome at crunching http://www.hardcoreware.net/ps3-power-usage-during-foldinghome/)

And that's just one computer, so for 5 going no-stop I'd have to say well over 720$ a year, or 60$ a month just to do some thankless job of folding. Not to mention the environmental cost!

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